adj. without hope; sad; dejected; depressed (*) irksome (*) disconsolate (*) obdurate (*) vicarious

adj. insensitive; materialistic; rude; ill-mannered (*) machiavellian (*) stupendous (*) crass (*) incontrovertible

adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on others; pillaging (*) predatory (*) utilitarian (*) notorious (*) mottled

adj. wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs (*) noisome (*) flaccid (*) improvident (*) egotistic

adj. hasty; slight; brief; perfunctory; superficial (*) sinister (*) cursory (*) delectable (*) assiduous

adj. developed or matured earlier than usual (*) sovereign (*) circumspect (*) precocious (*) ascetic

adj. joking in an awkward or improper manner; entertaining amusing (*) crucial (*) antithetical (*) facetious (*) indigenous

adj. average in quality; poor; ordinary; regular (*) peremptory (*) expedient (*) mediocre (*) impervious

adj. rigorously abstinent; severe; self-denying; celibate (*) meticulous (*) glib (*) ascetic (*) disconsolate

adj. lacking; empty (*) belligerent (*) devoid (*) incumbent (*) compendious